MariaDB – the Foundation, the Company, and the Future of the Sea Lion

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Did you read the TechCrunch article on MariaDB? “How do you solve a problem like MariaDB? Cozy up to the community, says new CEO“. If not, I suggest you do!

We’re in India 23-25 Oct 2024!

And if you want to know more, and happen to be in India at the end of the month, come and listen to me interviewing MariaDB creator Michael “Monty” Widenius, MariaDB plc’s new CEO Rohit de Souza, and MariaDB plc’s new Chief Product Officer Vikas Mathur. We’ll be at Open Source India on 23-24 Oct 2024 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and we’re adding a MariaDB ServerFest India on Friday 25 Oct 2024.

Come see our interview with Monty, Rohit, and Vikas

That ServerFest will start with a session “MariaDB – the Foundation, the Company, and the Future of the Sea Lion” – where we go deeper and look at the future of MariaDB.

As some of you won’t be around to visit us live, we’ll record it and share it later.

Preview: Snippets from the TechCrunch article

In the meantime, let me whet your appetite for reading the TechCrunch article and viewing our interview by a couple of quotes from the article:

  • The new CEO of MariaDB (Plc) says he wants closer-knit collaboration with the foundation behind the eponymous open source database project.
  • MariaDB is already preparing for life as a private company once more — and this will involve getting cozier with the foundation that bears the same name.
  • On the Foundation side, Arnö says that there are now “shared strategy sessions” taking place to find ways they can support each other’s efforts. He also echoed De Souza’s sentiments, adding that he doesn’t want to dwell too much on historical tensions.
  • “The past is behind us — I want to focus on the future, and how we can all work together on a shared goal, and not elaborate on the past,” Arnö told TechCrunch. “I am now more optimistic about the relationship between the Foundation and MariaDB the Company than I have ever been since taking the CEO position in 2019.”
  • “There’s like a billion downloads [MariaDB database] and a big, vibrant community. Our intent is to grow that community, and have the Foundation be the engine that helps that community grow,” De Souza said.